Finance Committee Sends Four-Position Salary Ordinance to City Solicitor for Review

MARLBOROUGH -- June 15, 2026, Marlborough Finance Committee unanimously refers four non-union salary positions to city solicitor, setting up a potential council vote by July 22. The committee voted 5-0 Monday to send a draft salary ordinance covering city collector, assistant finance director, recreation director, and assistant recreation director to the city solicitor for legal formatting and advertising, based on a one-page working draft prepared by Finance Committee Chair Mike Osing from a June 4 mayoral memo. The ordinance as drafted would set a 40-hour work week and an effective date of August 1, 2026. The committee also voted unanimously on three separate free-cash transfers establishing a new Lizotte Drive Stabilization Account, funded with $150,000 in developer mitigation money from special permit 25-10948-3E, and directing $50,000 into the existing fire station stabilization fund. Before reaching the referral vote, the committee briefly deadlocked on a procedural question, with Osing rejecting a motion to "approve for discussion," saying "you can't approve something you don't know what you just said you're approving."